Cashbox charts; it was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Original Song of 1966, and for the equivalent Golden Globe Award the same year. Springfield and Diane Lampert co-wrote "The Olive Tree", recorded in 1967 as a solo single by The Seekers lead singer, Judith Durham whilst still performing with the group. Apart from his work with the Seekers, he also co-wrote (with Clive Westlake) Frank Ifield's 1964 hit "Summer Is Over", and his sister Dusty's 1964 UK Top Ten hit "Losing You". Other hit compositions include "Adios Amour (Goodbye My Love)", which was recorded by José Feliciano and the Casuals; "Promises", co-written with Norman Newell and a UK hit for Ken Dodd; and "Just Loving You", which became a 1967 top ten hit for Anita Harris. He composed the theme to the popular BBC TV series The Troubleshooters, and the theme to the comedy series George and the Dragon. He also released two solo albums in the late 1960s, Sun Songs (1968) and Love's Philosophy (1969); these were re-released on CD in 2005. Later life Mike Hurst reflected later on how little he knew of Tom and Dusty's private lives while he was performing with them in the sixties: "I never felt I knew them well, there was always a distance...I had no idea back then that Tom and Dusty were both gay. They were naïve times...I just wasn't really aware of such things." After a 1970 duet single with his sister Dusty, "Morning Please Don't Come", Springfield essentially retired from the music industry as both a writer and performer. He formally changed his name by deed poll from Dionysius Patrick O'Brien to Tom Springfield in 1977. He jealously guarded his privacy. The only public sighting of him in later years came in 1999 on his sister’s death, when he took her ashes to Ireland and scattered them over the Cliffs of Moher. He lived in the United States for a period, and resided in Chelsea, London, up until his death on 27 July 2022, at the age of 88. He had disliked being in the public eye, and his death was not reported for several weeks. Former Springfields member Mike Hurst described him as "a recluse, a bohemian in the true sense – he led his life in a solitary way doing what he wanted to do." Awards and nominations Awards 1964 – ASCAP award for "I'll